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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 190.5 kg per hectare 136.0 kg per hectare –
2023 189.7 kg per hectare 115.1 kg per hectare 126.4 kg per hectare
2022 128.5 kg per hectare 110.6 kg per hectare 127.2 kg per hectare
2021 184.5 kg per hectare 158.0 kg per hectare 150.6 kg per hectare
2020 181.5 kg per hectare 167.1 kg per hectare 157.2 kg per hectare
2019 183.5 kg per hectare 157.5 kg per hectare 153.2 kg per hectare
2018 182.3 kg per hectare 157.7 kg per hectare 155.4 kg per hectare
2017 179.3 kg per hectare 155.5 kg per hectare 159.2 kg per hectare
2016 187.7 kg per hectare 144.0 kg per hectare 154.2 kg per hectare
2015 177.9 kg per hectare 151.5 kg per hectare 153.9 kg per hectare
2014 187.0 kg per hectare 151.4 kg per hectare 150.8 kg per hectare
2013 167.6 kg per hectare 143.6 kg per hectare 149.9 kg per hectare
2012 150.9 kg per hectare 122.6 kg per hectare 142.9 kg per hectare
2011 132.5 kg per hectare 122.6 kg per hectare 138.5 kg per hectare
2010 149.0 kg per hectare 130.7 kg per hectare 142.4 kg per hectare
2009 118.6 kg per hectare 96.9 kg per hectare 121.2 kg per hectare
2008 155.5 kg per hectare 106.5 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2007 203.4 kg per hectare 157.7 kg per hectare 167.6 kg per hectare
2006 137.1 kg per hectare 142.3 kg per hectare 153.1 kg per hectare
2005 127.9 kg per hectare 142.1 kg per hectare 154.5 kg per hectare
2004 117.4 kg per hectare 165.4 kg per hectare 160.5 kg per hectare
2003 119.7 kg per hectare 175.3 kg per hectare 165.4 kg per hectare
2002 120.4 kg per hectare 164.5 kg per hectare 157.4 kg per hectare
2001 127.7 kg per hectare 168.1 kg per hectare 158.0 kg per hectare
2000 125.1 kg per hectare 160.4 kg per hectare 157.6 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)